Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6116X

De La Rue PLC

08 December 2010

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

De La Rue plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:

Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM")

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI")

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

6 December 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

7 December 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

3% (BAM independently fell below the 4% threshold to 3.8063%; Aggregate position remains above the 6% reporting threshold at 6.134%)

8. Notified details: De La Rue Plc

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B3DGH821

4,135,210 (BAM)

2,113,747 (OFI)

6,248,957 (Total)

4,135,210 (BAM)

2,113,747 (OFI)

6,248,957 (Total)

3,769,496 (BAM)

2,305,175 (OFI)

6,074,671 (Total)

3,769,496 (BAM)

2,305,175 (OFI)

6,074,671 (Total)

3.8063% (BAM)

2.3277% (OFI)

6.1340% (Total)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,769,496 (BAM)

2,305,175 (OFI)

6,074,671 (Total)

3.8063% (BAM)

2.3277% (OFI)

6.1340% (Total)

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
The percentage of holdings noted above is based on total outstanding shares of 99,032,374. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is the parent company of Baring Asset Management Limited ("BAM") and OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI").

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Rosemary Baker, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number:	001(413) 744-8258